Landfill Check

Historic landfill sites in Newbury, West Berkshire

The Environment Agency records 46 historic landfill sites in and around Newbury, West Berkshire. covering roughly 88 hectares in total. The largest is Welford Gravel Pit at 15.29 ha. Recorded waste ranges up to special (hazardous) waste. Data: October 2025 revision.

Recorded landfill boundaries around Newbury (indicative, digitised at 1:10,000).

All recorded sites, largest first

SiteAreaLast inputWaste types
Welford Gravel Pit15.29 ha—Waste types not recorded
Pinchington Lane10.18 ha1990SpecialLiquid / sludgeIndustrialHouseholdCommercialInert
Copyhold Inert Recycling Facility5.47 ha—Inert
Hambridge Road5.34 ha1983Inert
Worsham Quarry4.8 ha—Waste types not recorded
Vokins Hambridge Lane 14.29 ha1980IndustrialInert
Pinchington Lane3.85 ha1990SpecialLiquid / sludgeIndustrialHouseholdCommercialInert
Plant Site3.66 ha1994Inert
Vine Farm Landfill3.55 ha1980IndustrialHouseholdCommercialInert
Stroud Green3.49 ha1950IndustrialHouseholdCommercialInert
SCC Pyle Hill3.46 ha1980IndustrialInert
Faraday Road Estate3.4 ha1960Liquid / sludgeIndustrialHouseholdCommercialInert
Castle Industrial Park2.3 ha1979Inert
Skinners Green Lane1.78 ha—IndustrialInert
Shaw Recreation Ground1.68 ha1950IndustrialHouseholdCommercialInert
Reddings Copse1.45 ha—Waste types not recorded
Mayfair Drive1.34 ha1960IndustrialInert
Common Farm Landfill1.31 ha—Inert
Woodham House1.21 ha—Inert
Hampstead Marsh Village Hall1.16 ha1989Inert
Hollington Brick Works1.12 ha—Inert
Brick and Tile Works1.06 ha—Inert
Kingsbridge Road0.94 ha1969Liquid / sludgeIndustrialHouseholdCommercialInert
Enbourne Gate Farm0.74 ha1996Inert
Shaw Farm0.71 ha1990Inert
The Common0.66 ha—IndustrialInert
Leslie Southern Court0.48 ha—Waste types not recorded
Old Railway0.44 ha1976Inert
Beedon Hill House0.35 ha1960Inert
Red Farm0.34 ha1982Inert
Queens Road0.28 ha1994Waste types not recorded
De Montfort Road0.24 ha—Waste types not recorded
Huntsgreen Farm0.23 ha—Waste types not recorded
The Pightle0.21 ha1993IndustrialInert
Plenty London Road0.18 ha1985Inert
Rookery Farm0.18 ha1985IndustrialInert
High Street Farm0.16 ha—IndustrialInert
Grove Pit0.16 ha1980IndustrialInert
Chalk Pit0.15 ha1969Inert
Hailey Copse No.10.12 ha1979Inert
Mousefield Farm0.1 ha—Liquid / sludgeIndustrialHouseholdCommercialInert
Hailey Copse No.10.1 ha1979Inert
Hailey Copse No.20.08 ha—Inert
Boxford Common0.08 ha—IndustrialInert
Peasemore House0.07 ha—IndustrialHouseholdCommercialInert
Mousefield Farm0.06 ha—Liquid / sludgeIndustrialHouseholdCommercialInert

What this data does — and doesn't — cover

  • Licensed-era records only. Waste licensing began in 1974. Older tips — especially small pre-war ones — are incompletely recorded, so absence from this data does not mean no landfill ever existed here.
  • Not the contaminated-land register. Councils hold a separate register of land determined as contaminated. A historic landfill entry is not a contamination determination, and vice versa.
  • Boundaries are indicative. Digitised at 1:10,000 scale; some are buffers around a point rather than surveyed edges.
  • Not a substitute for a formal environmental search. If you're buying, your conveyancer's environmental search checks this and several other sources.

EA Historic Landfill dataset, October 2025 revision. More on the methodology page.

Common questions

How many former landfill sites are there in Newbury?
46 historic (closed) landfill sites are recorded within about 15km of Newbury town centre in the Environment Agency's Historic Landfill dataset (October 2025 revision). Pre-1974 sites are incompletely recorded, so the true historical number is likely higher.
How do I check a specific address in Newbury?
Search the postcode on Landfill Check — you'll see every recorded site within 1km, with distance, direction and waste types, measured to the site boundary.

Nearby areas

Worth reading: buying a house near a former landfill and what the waste types mean.